Be Your Own GM v.7: 2022 Blind Auction Draft Madness

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Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

I'd love to jump back in this with the timberwolves please!

# ¿ Jul 22, 2022 05:06

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 06:00

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Paul Zuvella posted:

I can't believe someone took my clippers. I'm distraught.

I guess I'll have to be the Lakers. Gross.

$300 for Russell Westbrook

# ¿ Jul 22, 2022 13:54

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Minneapolis Lakers vs The Saint Paul Timberwolves.

Each team could have dozens of fans.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2022 20:05

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Veryslightlymad posted:

Bring back the Muskies! More teams named after fish.

Freshwater fish!

# ¿ Jul 22, 2022 20:26

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IcePhoenix posted:

I think we're probably just both going to play in minneapolis tbqh

Xcel is right in downtown st paul and is probably a better stadium to watch a game at.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2022 20:49

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Though in honesty we probably shouldn't relocate teams for this game. It'd just be confusing.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2022 20:53

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Don't pick yurt 7, this advice is broadly applicable.

# ¿ Jul 23, 2022 16:50

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lol, that is a stacked day 1

# ¿ Jul 24, 2022 02:49

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Deadbeat Dad posted:

Also, I may do a "next closest bid" update on every won bid just for shits and giggles and chaos to make people second guess if they're bidding too low, high, give a lil pain if they were close.

Yeah this is a good idea

# ¿ Jul 24, 2022 21:50

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That's a steal

# ¿ Jul 25, 2022 02:23

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Giggs posted:

I've thrown together an unofficial google sheet to summarize the days signings and each team's roster

_{_{not pictured: joe harris, too short}}

You are a saint

# ¿ Jul 25, 2022 16:15

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IcePhoenix posted:

If Jimmy Butler found this forum and saw that he went for less than KAT how mad do you think he would be

He'd already be on the phone with Rachel Nichols

# ¿ Jul 26, 2022 02:45

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Doltos posted:

From past seasons I think it's less about when you bid. I tried saving late one year and ended up having to spend a ton of cash just competing with people who were also saving.

Yeah, the best deals pop up very randomly. The best strategy is probably one of just steady bids and not panic bidding.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2022 16:47

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a new study bible! posted:

Im not trying to draft a team of simulated winners, I'm trying to draft a team of players who would be good and cool winners IRL.

Also Kelly Olynyk so he cant hurt any of our starters.

I'm not even trying to draft winners, I just like drafting a team than makes me feel cool and good even if they win like 35 games.

Come to think of it, it explains my real life fandom quite a bit

# ¿ Jul 26, 2022 18:24

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Paul Zuvella posted:

There absolutely is a point where spending deflates and prices go down. Because the total amount of roster spots and funds for the league is effectivly capped (30k and 450, respectivly) there is an expectation that every roster spot, on average, will cost $66.66 (repeating of course) dollars and that roster spots and dollars will be spent at roughly the same relative rate.

This has not been the case so far, the league has spent 17.78% of the cap on 12.2% of the roster spots. Prices, quite literally, have to go down as we have outspent the rate we would expect to be at by over 5.5%. This isnt tenable and the average price of a player going forward is already down to $62.44. It will probably be around 60$ by the end of the day.

A big part of what brings that down is the number of $1 or even $0 FA guys that bring that average down, but don't meaningfully improve a team, and tend to bunch up at the end.

We also had the last 2 MVPs show up in the first three days.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2022 19:16

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Deadbeat Dad posted:

The Washington Wizards (a new study bible!) have signed D'Angelo Russell for $111.

(The next highest bid was $78.)

That's a good price too

# ¿ Jul 30, 2022 02:01

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I did a nba2k sim one year, and running it was easy but building the teams was brutal.

# ¿ Aug 1, 2022 04:44

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Deadbeat Dad posted:

The Minnesota Timberwolves (Lockback) have signed Mikal Bridges for $190.

(The next highest bid was $181.)

And that's basically my team. I'll need to fill out some rotation guys but looks like I'm done.

# ¿ Aug 2, 2022 01:59

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Fast Luck posted:

Played who go unsigned are free at the end? Or I guess $1?

Yes, with waiver system though.

# ¿ Aug 2, 2022 17:54

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I think the last time we did this the best deals were in the middle as the late draft stars ended up basically setting default prices. This year I think a couple of stacked first days ended up inflating the market.

# ¿ Aug 2, 2022 20:54

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Personally I am just stoked for BYOGM v8

# ¿ Aug 5, 2022 23:56

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Dang, didn't think I'd get House for my bid.

Peanuts gag was indeed solid.

# ¿ Aug 6, 2022 01:27

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Deadbeat Dad posted:

The Minnesota Timberwolves (Lockback) have signed Brandon Clarke for $47.

(The next highest bid was $41.)

YEEHAAAA

Only $1 guys from here on in.

# ¿ Aug 6, 2022 02:08

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That's a great deal on Simmons, and only 1 person bid more than $120 for Harden?

Deadbeat Dad posted:

The Boston Celtics (Salvor_Hardin) have signed Tony Snell for $5.

(The next highest bid was $1.)

drat, I thought my $1 had this one in the bag. Didn't think I'd get Frank though!

# ¿ Aug 8, 2022 03:08

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Yeah, I ended up with a few more guys at $1 than ideal but if you're spending more than a couple bucks on your last 4-5 guys you're probably wasting your money. Tbh, there's perfectly fine rotation guys going undrafted or for $1.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2022 14:38

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Paul Zuvella posted:

Sure, that�s fine from a conceptual standpoint but the reality is that there are people who now have the cash to pay their end of bench guys 2$ each, which means the people who can only bid 1$ won�t be able to get anyone they actually would want

Honestly, I kinda feel more limited by only being able to make 4 bids than I do by not being able to bid more. If I have to fill out my bench with undrafted I'd be ok with that at this point.

That said, I also tried to look at contracts last time and just times them by 3.3x but that was also wrong, guys who were good deals for 10-15 last time are not good deals at 40-50. I'm gunna crush this next year though.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2022 16:17

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DeimosRising posted:

I wouldn't want any guardrails so to speak.

Yeah, absolutely.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2022 16:37

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Only look at ppg cowards

# ¿ Aug 8, 2022 17:40

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DeimosRising posted:

WS also overvalues offensive rebounds and pure efficiency, but not as badly maybe

DWS also over values defensive rebounds, but there's not a great way of measuring defense from box scores other than trying to assign +/- to stats that kinda correlate.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2022 20:15

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Deadbeat Dad posted:

TRADE ANNOUNCEMENT

The Sacramento Kings(Doltos) have traded Khris Middleton ($250) to the Utah Jazz (habeasdorkus).

The Utah Jazz (habeasdorkus) have traded Brandon Knight ($1) to the Sacramento Kings (Doltos).

Doltos made out like a bandit, though he's gotta spend that money now.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2022 23:16

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While Doncic helped his team his rookie year Dallas still only mustered 33 wins, so it's not like he made them competitive. If we was on a actual competitive team they probably would have had to play him in a much smaller role. Usually it's the stuff that doesn't show on the box score that is a drag from rookies.

I mean, sure rookies can be good but you notice in all your examples none of them played a big roll on a team that was particularly successful.

# ¿ Aug 9, 2022 14:45

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IcePhoenix posted:

That's because high draft picks always end up on lovely teams that need more than a star to be competitive unless they got there by having their best player(s) miss the majority of the season

Good players come in late in the draft too, its not unusual at all. But it still usually takes them a season or two to get good or to play larger roles.

# ¿ Aug 9, 2022 15:14

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Yeah, positive winshare doesn't mean you're good or that you're even worth your minutes. A team of guys who are at 0 winshare will go...0-82.

# ¿ Aug 9, 2022 15:15

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IcePhoenix posted:

Yeah but those players are given lesser roles and given time to grow because they're drafted onto a team that doesn't need them to immediately contribute

...and why do you think those rookies are given lesser roles and time to grow? Do you think coaches and GMs are blind to their skills or do you think rookies tend to need time to grow and time to develop before they can be contributors on a competitive team?

# ¿ Aug 9, 2022 15:25

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rivetz posted:

I think this is largely right. The biggest stuff is:

1. The physical tools to play an NBA season (which requires so much more endurance and resilience than anything else they've ever done). This is definitely true of players who may not even be done growing yet.

2. To be able to adjust to the speed of NBA opponents

3. To have the mental tools to adjust to a new role (you're probably not The Guy), the season grind, and to adjust to playing with people with 2x+ the years of basketball experience.

That's all stuff that takes time to get up to speed with.

# ¿ Aug 9, 2022 17:21

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Can you conditionally waive players? Like "I wish to claim X, if I get him, waive Y, otherwise keep Y."

# ¿ Aug 11, 2022 04:07

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 06:00

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I'm not really able to post much but the timberwolves will roll out:

Anthony Davis/Brandon Clarke/Mikal Bridges/Dinwiddie/Morris with Ziaire Williams spot starting when we want the great wing defense duo in the league, and a mixed bench.

Defense, shot creation from almost every position, superstar in Davis. I feel like this is a solid team.

# ¿ Aug 14, 2022 20:36

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